Memphis and Charleston Railroad

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The Memphis and Charleston Railroad was a crucial 19th-century rail line linking the Mississippi River at Memphis to the Atlantic seaboard via Charleston, making it strategically vital during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
battlesOccurredAlong Battle of Corinth ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
connectsTo Atlantic seaboard ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
constructionBegan 1850s ⓘ
controlledBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs “backbone of the Confederacy” ⓘ
endPoint Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston
gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
hasHeritage Civil War transportation history ⓘ
headquartersLocation Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum era ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Reconstruction era ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Southern United States ⓘ
notableFor east–west rail connection across the Deep South ⓘ
linking the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast ⓘ
openingDate 1857 ⓘ
ownedRollingStockType steam locomotives ⓘ
partOf Southern rail network ⓘ
routeDirection east–west ⓘ
servedCity Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston

Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
Huntsville, Alabama ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
servedRegion Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
significantEvent Union capture of Memphis in 1862 affected operations ⓘ
repeated destruction and repair during Civil War ⓘ
startPoint Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
status defunct ⓘ
strategicImportance key route for troop movements ⓘ
major Confederate supply line ⓘ
subjectOf Union military campaigns to cut the line ⓘ
successor Southern Railway ⓘ
targetedBy Union Army ⓘ
transported agricultural products ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
military supplies ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Corinth → railLine → Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company → hasParty → Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company ⓘ
linked to: Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Second Battle of Corinth → railroad → Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ
Corinth, Mississippi → railroadJunctionOf → Memphis and Charleston Railroad ⓘ